Re: Cannot print plots that have ylabel in Linux Mint

[lukshuntim]

On Sunday, March 08, 2015 06:21 AM, Gsparky wrote:
> I'm running Gnu Octave 3.8.1 on a Intel-based PC running Linux Mint 17. The
> specific Linux kernel version is 3.13.0-24-generic. I can create plots with
> no problem, including with the "ylabel". However, if I try to use the
> "print" command when the plot has a ylabel, I get the following errors:
>
> octave:3> print('testPlot01.png');
> warning: print.m: pstoedit binary is not available.
> Some output formats are not available.
> Error: /syntaxerror in -file-
> Operand stack:
>     --nostringval--
> Execution stack:
>     %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1916   1   3   %oparray_pop
> 1915   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   1899   1   3   %oparray_pop
> 1787   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2
> --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push
> Dictionary stack:
>     --dict:1178/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:82/200(L)--
> --dict:40/64(L)--
> Current allocation mode is local
> GPL Ghostscript 9.10: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>
> I've tried searching for answers on this problem, using "Ghostscript" and
> "Gnu Octave" as search terms, but been unable to find anything that works.
>
> Any guidance would be appreciated.

Try

sudo apt-get install pstoedit

Regards,
ST
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